As much as HINDRAF respects you as an elderly veteran statesman, I am surprised thatyou are actually echoing similar statements of your son LGE in regards to the KgBuah Pala issue and continue to admonish HINDRAF when the core accountability issueis still not solved.

HINDRAF is an ardent supporter of your party’s cause for competency, accountabilityand transparency for all Malaysian but it cannot sit quietly and watch when thestate government in Penang has not done all that is necessary to safeguard theinterest of the Kg Buah Pala residents.

Sir, Kg Buah Pala is not a new issue, but that had been in existence prior to yourparty’s governance. Yes, we are aware that the BN administration abetted by Koh TsuKoon had acted mala fide for its own interest against the interest of the public,but, my question is why the current government didn’t do more than sit and waituntil the whole issue exploded this week with the involvement of HINDRAF.

Sir, Are you telling me that the state government could not have initiated aninvestigation on the questionable sale and transfer that actually took effect afteryour party came in power. Did the state government ever make a report to MACC? No!!!What attempts did the state government conduct either through its executive andlegal power to support the residents in establishing the allegation of power abuseand corruption that lead to the illegal sale & transfer of the land. None!!!

Sir, you ask us pursue after Koh Tsu Koon, but wouldn’t it be just and fair thatyour party that currently holds the power in Penang should have been doing this fromthe day you took over the helm as a segment of your state have been victimized. DidLGE ever once raise the issue of Kg Buah Pala residents and the questionable landtransfer issue in Parliament? Not a chance.

The residents of Kg Buah Pala were left alone to fight their own battle against themighty corrupted machineries of the government. If only they would have had yourassistance and guidance through your resources then the whole transaction could havebeen invalidated and those residents would not be living out of fear for losing whatis rightfully theirs. DAP fought tooth and nail in Perak for New Villages and KgTersusun but Kg Buah Pala residents slipped through its radar.

A simple independent investigative journalism as seen here athttp://anilnetto.com/accountability/lifting-the-corporate-veil-on-nusmetro-ventures-part-1/by a citizen cast a doubt on the affair of the sale and transfer of the land, yetwhy did the state government fail to flex its muscle in the state of Penang toassist these residents?

Sir, you talk about compensation and so forth when the issue here is not about thatbut why did Penang state government fail to rise to the occasion and challenge thefraudulent misappropriation of the land but rather watch the misery of theseresidents from the sideline.

Sir, on humanity stance, you may realize that the generation of Kg Buah Pala goesback to 200 years where they were even the first milk supplies to the Penanghospital. They have grown from one generation to another and live as a family unionfrom the parents, children, brothers, sisters, grandchildren and great grandchildren within their own respective land running and playing around their compoundalong with the cows, goats and chickens. Those houses there were erected bythemselves to fit the enlarged family members with at least each joined familyowning close to 15,000 sq feet. Now the Developer steps in offers around 850 sq feetflat for each house, not the household with meager compensation. Can you expect themto buy a place similar to the quiet enjoyment that they had within their joinedfamily, notwithstanding the fact the said sum need to divided between the householdmembers. Where is the justice or fairness and can you consider this asadequate & fair compensation. Why has the Penang state government not paid anyattention to these residents at least on the basis of humanity? I can understand ifthe supercilious BN ruled as this things does not matter to them as long as thenepotism, cronyism, corruption and inept system keeps them there, they will evensell their soul but definitely not from DAP along with their Pakatan partners whothrived on popular support to ensure a real change for the public.

The actual issue on the ground is more complex than what it appears in the media andlip service politicians to exculpate themselves from responsibility andaccountability when all the residents seek is to continue the quiet enjoyment oftheir live with their families.

It is very convenient to come out and picture HINDRAF in a bad light and side trackthe whole issue but at the end of the day the truth is the consequences is faced bythe poor and defenseless residents against the might of the government and thedeveloper due to the failure of the Penang state government to protect its public inKg Buah Pala.

HINDRAF wages a battle for the truth to emerge for the poor and defenselessirrespective of whichever is the governing party rather than doing what seems to bepolitically right.

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Hindraf Rally 25th November 2007

The rally's estimated to be 100 000 people gathered outside the Petronas Twin Towers at midnight, early Sunday morning.At least 240 people were detained, but half of them were later released. One day before the rally, police arrested three HINDRAF lawyers, P. Uthayakumar, P. Waytha Moorthy and V. Ganabatirau for sedition charges. Uthayakumar and Ganabatirau posted bail of 800 Malaysian ringgits each, but Waytha Moorthy refused bail as a sign of protest.